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Hi my loves!I thought it was time to share another little DIY with you. This time it's the turn of 'how to turn a t-shirt into a tank top'. 
1. Make sure to lie your shirt on a flat surface. Line up the seams and cut off the sleeves.2. To make sure that you don't cut the front too long, put your shirt on and use a pin to mark how low you want it to be. You can also pin how wide you want the straps to be at this point.3. After taking the shirt off again, cut in a curve from the top of the shoulder, past the strap tip and down to the lowest pin.4. To make sure the front of your shirt is symmetrical, once you get to the lowest pin, fold over the material and follow that line for the other side. 5. For the back, you only want to cut below the seam of the original seam. If you cut too much lower, you could risk having a very loose, off the shoulder tank top.6. From this point on, your options are endless. I used some Dylon fabric paint and a handmade cat logo to personalise mine, but you can do absolutely what ever you like to it. I actually it would be great to fringe the bottom for the last step. Just a little bit of festival chic for cheap. 
If you do this tutorial, make sure to link me to a picture below! I would love to see what you guys come up with!! 

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This tutorial is a super super easy one.

All you need is

- a t-shirt/tank top of your choice

- some fabric paint in a colour of your choice

• Firstly, you need to make sure your shirt is flat and place some newspaper in between the two layers of fabric just to make sure the paint doesn't run through.
• With a soft leaded pencil or some tailors chalk, mark out your cross design, or if you fancy something different, now is the time to design it. 
• With your fabric paint of choice, you now need to fill in your design. With the Dylon fabric paint I used, you do need quiet a bit before the colour is solid.
• Once you are happy with the result, leave to dry.
• Most fabric paints require some kind of heat sealing. I just used my iron on a high heat with a tea towel between the shirt and iron. This prevents any paint getting onto your iron. 
• Usually after this step you can just stick your shirt in a normal wash in the washing machine. If your t-shirt seems stiff where the paint is, this will be corrected after washing.